Kente cloth

Museum number:
5-4159
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.2019
Description:
Kente cloth; design called anyawoho (you have become rich); maroon, gold, green, and black over black and white background; fringed at one end; 169 cm long.
Donor:
Ghana Museum and Monuments Board
Collection place:
Ghana
Verbatim coll. place:
Ashanti
Culture or time period:
Ashanti
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1965
Department:
Africa (except Ancient Egypt)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4159, described as Kente cloth; design called anyawoho (you have become rich); maroon, gold, green, and black over black and white background; fringed at one end; 169 cm long.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Kente cloth, accession number 5-4159, described as Kente cloth; design called anyawoho (you have become rich); maroon, gold, green, and black over black and white background; fringed at one end; 169 cm long.

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